Communications Department. All employees shall receive a total of thirty (30) minutes of paid break time per shift. Those breaks shall be arranged so that the employee may leave the area of the communications console. Those employees working a shift of eight (8) hours or more may receive one-half (½) hour lunch periods, which the Employer may direct to be taken at the communications console. A supervisor shall give reasonable consideration to a request to accommodate a brief break away from the console when, in the supervisor’s discretion, circumstances permit, provided the employee returns to the console without delay.
Communications Department. At a future date the City may consolidate the Police and Fire Communications function into a separate and distinct area, at which time the work schedule for all Public Safety Telecommunicators may be adjusted.
Communications Department. Prior agreements between the Parties created a jointly overseen Communications Department within the Elections Department. Pursuant to this Agreement, the Recorder and the Board will each utilize their own communications departments to publicize their messages related to elections and election administration. The Board and the Recorder are each free to speak about election administration but will be respectful of the other’s communications and positions as partners in the administration of elections and will coordinate their messages where it is advantageous and practical for them to do so. The Recorder will be responsible for responding as the Recorder sees fit to all e-mailed or messaged constituent inquiries relating to the Recorder’s particular responsibilities, as will the Board for its particular responsibilities.
Communications Department. The IBT Communications Department will provide the GCIU/IBT Conference with needed assistance, including organizing material as may be necessary. The IBT Communications Department will work with the GCIU/IBT Conference communications staff in fulfilling requests.
